CVE-2026-106160: Prototype Pollution via Model.accept and kendo.setter in Kendo UI for jQuery

Model.accept passes server-response keys to kendo.setter without blocking unsafe paths such as __proto__, constructor or prototype. An attacker who can supply data to an affected model can modify object prototype attributes, which may affect application behaviour and data integrity, including in server-side JavaScript.

CVE ID

CVE-2026-106160

Vendor

Progress Kendo UI for jQuery

Product

Kendo UI for jQuery

Weakness

CWE-1321 — Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes (Prototype Pollution)

CVSS 3.1

5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected

2023.1.117 through 2026.3.1014

Fixed in

2026.3.1015

Published

Oct 15, 2026

Credit

Abhishek Nandkumar Bhaskar (Abhi-Hackz) — finder

Assigner (CNA)

Progress Software

Remediation

Upgrade Kendo UI for jQuery to 2026.3.1015 or later.

References

About this disclosure

This vulnerability was found and reported by Abhishek Nandkumar Bhaskar (Abhi HackZ, credited in the CVE record as Abhi-Hackz) through the vendor's vulnerability disclosure program, and credited to him as finder in the official CVE record assigned by Progress Software as the CVE Numbering Authority. Proof-of-concept details are withheld; the facts on this page are taken from the public CVE record and the vendor advisory. For the background and the bug class explained, read Four CVEs in Progress Software Products and From a Bugcrowd VDP Report to a Published CVE.

Other CVEs credited to Abhishek Bhaskar